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Originally Posted by Sweetmind
Sighs! I have to say this because it bothers me to see this terminology of Hearing Dog as a MEDICAL issue. I feel offended by this because it makes the sounds that we are having a disease in our deafness and so helpless.
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Are you "offended" when you use any other ADA right? Are you offended when you use any technology that provides you more access or makes communication easier? Are you offended when you use an interpreter, Relay, VRS, or open/closed captions? Do you refuse to use any of the above because they offend you?
If someone else wants to use a dog, why should that offend
you? That is
their choice, not your's.
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... After all you have HA and CI devices. I dont understand why do I need it while I am legally deaf with no hearing aid and can speak good.
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Some people use HA and CI, some do not. Some use dogs, some do not. That is an individual's choice. No one said that
you "need to" use a dog.
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Dog has the right to feel free to be him/herself with a good discipline like d/Deaf children's true identity. ..
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Personally, I find if offensive to compare dogs with children.
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...Thats why I felt so offended by the whole thing here. I am Deaf and proud of it. Nothing to be ashamed of your own deafness.
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I really don't understand why you think people are ashamed of their deafness just because they use dogs. I don't see any "shame" in that at all.